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Multiple Man

Real
Name: James Arthur "Jamie"
Madrox Occupation: Ex-farmer, now lab assistant Identity: SecretLegal Status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal
record Other Aliases: The Multiple Man Place of Birth: Los Alamos, New Mexico Marital Status: SingleKnown Relatives: Daniel (father, deceased), Joan (mother,
deceased) Group Affiliation: NoneBase of Operations: Moira MacTaggart's mutant research
center, Muir Island, off the coast of ScotlandFirst Appearance: GIANT-SIZE FANTASTIC FOUR #4

History: James Madrox was the only son of two researchers
working at the Los Alamos Research, Center in New Mexico.
In the course of their work, his parents were exposed
to enough specific radiation to produce subtle alterations
in their genetic material. Thus their son was born a mutant.
Moments after birth, Madrox's power became evident: when
the doctor spanked him, the concussive force caused him
to multiply into two identical physical beings. (The second
self merged with the first in a few minutes.) Shaken by
the bizarre phenomenon, on the advice of Professor
Charles Xavier, the Madrox family moved to a farm
on Kansas where they could raise the boy in privacy. Dr.
Madrox created a special suit for his son which insulated
the boy from kinetic forces over the critical threshold
point which caused replication, and forced the boy to
wear it constantly. As Madrox grew up, he was not aware
of his mutant power, but only of the strangeness of his
being forced always to wear the same clothes.

When he was fifteen, his parents were killed by a tornado.
Madrox spent the next few years of his life alone caring
for his parents' farm. Then, malfunctioning control elements
in the suit caused a power surge that released his inhibited
power and caused the suit to begin absorbing ambient electrical
energy. Confused and frightened, Madrox set out to find
help, eventually arriving in New York City. There the
Fantastic Four
and Professor Xavier found him. Reed
Richards of the Fantastic Four helped repair the uniform's
components, and Xavier took him into custody for a short
time to teach him how to control his replication powers.
When asked to join Xavier's mutant adventurers, the X-Men,
Madrox declined, preferring to accept Dr.
Moira MacTaggart's offer to be a lab assistant at
her mutation research complex on Muir Isle off the coast
of Scotland.

Madrox remained on Muir Island for many years, leaving only
once to join mutant heroine Siryn
in looking for the missing X-Men protégé's
Sunspot and Warlock on
behalf of Professor X. This led them into a brief romance
and joining with the mutant runaways calling themselves
the Fallen Angels. Madrox returned to Muir Island after
these brief adventures.

During a brief time when the X-Men had disbanded, their villain
the Shadow King managed to take mental control over all
the mutants and researchers living at Muir Island. Madrox
helped the reforming X-Men to defeat the villain and agreed
to join Havok and Polaris
who formed the government-sponsored mutant team X-Factor,
having by this time gained enough control over his powers
to avoid wearing his protective suit.

Madrox remained a member of X-Factor for many months, until
a mission into the mutant-apartheid country Genosha led
him to contract the deadly Legacy Virus. Madrox apparently
died at the hands of the self-proclaimed mutant healer
Haven when she attempted to cure Madrox of the disease.
It was later revealed that the infected Madrox had split
into duplicates prior to contracting the disease, and
Madrox is survived by a duplicate. Madrox helped X-Factor
on several missions but never really rejoined the team.

After X-Factor later disbanded, Madrox was later seen working
with Forge, keeping surveillance
on Magneto, then-leader of the
nation Genosha, on behalf of the wishes of Professor Xavier.
During a civil war that broke out shortly after Magneto
assumed power, Madrox intercepted the X-Man Wolverine
on a reconnaissance mission to locate and rescue both
Madrox and Forge. Together they rescued Forge, a captive
of Exodus who was masquerading
as Magneto in his absence. Presumably, Madrox returned
to field work in Genosha.

Height: 5 ft. 11 in. Weight: 155 lbs Eyes: Blue Hair: Brown

Strength Level: Madrox possesses the normal human strength
of a man of his age, height, and build who engages in
moderate regular exercise. Each of the duplicates of himself
whom he creates possesses the same level of strength that
Madrox himself does.

Known Superhuman Powers: Madrox possesses the mutant
ability to create identical physical duplicates of himself
when violently struck (or when he strikes himself). It
is not yet known precisely how Madrox's power works: although
the duplicate bodies seem to "split off" from
within him, he does not undergo a mitosis process like
that of cells, creating identical entities each with half
the mass of the original. Each duplicate possesses the
same mass as the original. He does not appear to be transmuting
nearby elements into his likeness either. If he is indeed
converting energy to matter, the expected devastating
release of energy must be shunted elsewhere since it is
not in evidence.

Upon sufficient impact, Madroxs "splits off" a single
duplicate. Although he can "create" multiple
selves consecutively, he cannot bring into being more
than one duplicate at a time. The maximum number of duplicates
of himself Madrox can "create" consecutively
before taxing his ability is not yet known. (He once produced
twenty of them.) Each of the duplicates is capable of
independent thought, feeling, and action, although they
are telepathically linked from formation to absorption.
If one is traumatic for all existing counterparts. It
is not known if death to the original body would automatically
kill all of the duplicates. Each of the copies possesses
the, original's power, and are capable of duplicating
themselves at will, as well.

Madrox's duplicates remain in existence for as long as he wills
them to. When he wills them out of existence, they are
seemingly "absorbed" back into his body. It
is not yet known whether they always automatically disappear
if the original is rendered unconscious. Madrox still
wears his suit on occasion when he wishes to prevent unwanted
or unexpected replications.

Paraphernalia: Madrox's costume is designed to absorb
kinetic energy so that he will not create duplicates through
accidental impacts. When it malfunctioned years ago it
began absorbing ambient electrical energy. It could also
absorb intense heat. Madrox could use this absorbed electrical
energy to increase his strength. Whether or not Madrox
can still absorb electricity and heat since his costume
was repaired is unknown.